title: Diagnostic clinical parasitology: II. Identification of the intestinal protozoa.
abstract: This article (the second in a series of four papers on clinical diagnostic parasitology) presents information on the diagnostic morphology of the protozoa which infect humans. The description of morphological characteristics includes information on atypical morphology as well as the classic descriptions. Because these organisms are the most difficult to identify, extensive detail is included to illustrate the morphological variability.
mesh_terms: D000656:Amoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000302:isolation & purification; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification